well guys another birthday is here again, and as usual i have to work in the morning.
But as a present to myself i just bought me a AWIC for the bird and i will be tearing into the interior tommorow afternoon to prepare for the dash swap im fixing to do.A little weight reduction and a cage is soon to follow.Im going to quit playing around and run tis biotch at its potential and screw breakage:evilgrin:.
Sorry for the ramble
Happy b-day have a good one
happy b day, and have fun with the AWIC, and interior stuff!
Happy b-day, does this mean its not for sale anymore? If so, KEEP IT!!! lol
yup,I just dropped some change in it last night so i pulled the ad
happy belated birthday!
brian
Happy B-day Russ!!
Happy Birthday :cheers:
thansk guys
Happy B-Day I would install the awic under the dash if I were you.
will be in the passenger front floor working on pump and cell selection now.
is this car your daily driver?
occasional whenever i take a notion
Happy Birthday! So what does that bird run (estimated) in the 1/4 now?
Thanks, low 13's on 15 psi with the baby turbo
Im fixing to pull a few trick out of my hat :D
Started the transformation tonight
Ordered a 8 gallon and a 5 gallon fuel cell the 8 will be for fuel and the 5 for water for the intercooler,Decided to go with 1/2 fuel line for both feed and return goit that ordered also.
Removed the following items
Rear Seat - 32 lbs
Passenger seat - 60 lbs
driver seat -80 lbs
misc junk in the trunk -34 lbs
Front seat belts -9 lbs
Rear seat belts- 4lbs
Rear plastics - 14lbs
Package tray cover -2 lbs
Rear speakers - 4lbs
Sunvisors - 3 lbs
Sunroof sheild -3 lbs
Grand total ---- 245 lbs removed
and added 13 lbs back with my kirkey race seat
3,000-232lbs = 2768 without me!
thats some nice weight reduction. when are you gonna cage it? cause it sounds like you are gonna need it soon
wow does that carb setup work for you?
More weight gone
Fuel tank--36 lbs
tank cover--12 lbs
fill tube,release,motor,cable etc-- 4 lbs
straps and bolts--4 lbs
Drop down in trunk floor ---27 lbs
82 lbs removed tonightTOTAL of 327 lbs removedCar weight 2686
Power seats weight 60lbs? I knew they weer heavy but....well I hope that was a power seat:hick:
no the power seat weighs 80 mine had the manual pass seat
all weights are from a known good scale
I figure since im doing this id post up what all i weigh so people will have an idea!
its getting lighter! do you still have the heater box under the dash? cruise control unit? mine came in at 3020# w/ me in it with....
removed spare tire and jack
removed radio w/ speakers
removed front and rear bumper
removed front swaybar
swapped AOD for T5
removed dogbone weight off rearend
removed door panels
removed pass side and rear seat
swapped cast iron exhaust manifolds for stock mustang headers
still have a.c., power steering, smog pump, elec drivers side seat, stock k-member, cruise control, and a lot more weight to pull out.
before the car weighed 3,465lbs w/ me in it
ive since removed the items above, but still dont have the car running to weigh it now. i have no clue what gains or losses ill see with what the car has now.
its still got alot in it,im still in the back half of the car right now, building a new trunk floor for ease of mounting my stuff.its also a moon roof car so its a bit heavier
Im trying to go in stages and keep track of what i remove and add
Do you still have the power windows? ;)
Console 6 lbs
bare dash 25 lbs
heater box 27 lbs
firewall pad 16 lbs
e brake 8 lbs
steering colum 18 lbs
dash trim/switches etc 15 lbs
wiring harness 12 lbs
127 more pnds outtotal of 454lbs removedCar weight
2559
was the 1/2" fuel line a Summit purchase? What weight are you aiming for? Is there a difference between a sunroof car and a non sunroof car? I just got a sunroof car, so...
No i bought the line locally it is moroso brand, yes power moon roof have a large frame on the bottom of the roof.
K thanks. I worked at a truck scale, and a local drag racer had his late 60's Toyota down to 650 lbs without engine. They were cutting out inner fenders, trunk floor, etc...lol
pic-a-tures? :D
i dont ever think it will be that light:D
Id like to get it to around 2,700 with me in it
Not much to see really,its kinda a mess at the moment
messy mock up pics
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you know you're going to need a cover for those plastic sumps, right?
Im not done with it yet. Ive still got some stuff to fix so I am happy with it. Plus we dont have a nhra track around here
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going to try to get the cage in tommorow
You got the sickness. What will you do when run out of things to do to it? Keep it up, it looks great.
sell, and start over, lol.
2.3 turbo pinto. :D
from tonight
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Ok one more go!
tar paper,bolts screws,misc interior metal--65 lbs
door panels - 4 lbs
e brake cables- 4lbs
total of 527 lbs removed
Car weight 2,486
Daaaammmmmnnnnnn!!! I'm so never going to be as fast as you now :(
Car weight 2,486!
That is amazing. You got to get it on a scale to check for accuracy. Truely amazing.
If I can get mine to 2700#'s over the winter I'll be very happy.
without a steering column and a wiring harness, its going to be hard to steer. that rollbar will add some weight, too. and race weight is w/ driver.
Of course,I will add what weight when i collect all the parts im waiting on and adjust the total acordingly.What has been removed will be replaced by something lighter in all cases.There is still plenty of weight for me to remove.
Im working on car weight not race weight.
I will be adding some weight back in as i go and i will add that to the total when i get finished and verify the total weight when i am done.
got the awic today!@
Russ.... I may sound dumb ( I am on this) but what is a AWIC?
:d
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got a little done,still waiting on a fgew things
somebody's not fvcking around no more!
Glad you kept it and keep moding it! Way to show everyone what a bad ass four banger can do!
I like that much better than the red. By the way, THAT is one bad car bro. You got some fab skills for sure.
brian
thanks man,Ive still got a ton of work ahead
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That is extremely bad @$$!!!
thnx
still selling layla? :beatyoass:
Yup. Sold the motor already. Going to put the stocker back in and sell her off by the end of the year.
thats alot of progress, keep it up!
what size tubing is that for your roll bar?
Man im not far from you, i need to come down and check it out sometime. bad ass.
i believe it is 1-5/8 or 1-3/4 it was a mustang kit
your about an hour and a half north of me:D
u should bring the bird the grand rod run this weekend. i would love to see it in person.
it wont be ready,Ive still got to do alot and rewire the car
well i would love to see it anyways. ur doin an awesome job on it.
power window reg's -16lbs
door panels -15 lbs
old intercooler - 25 lbs
i/c tubing -3lbs
power brake booster 9 lbs
fuel 12 gal - 96 lbs
removed 132 lbs
car weight 2,354Added weight
fuel lines -2lb
8 gal of fuel -64 lbs
manual regs -12 lbs
gutted dash -8lbs
fuel pumps 10 lbs
awic 9 lbs
cage 65 lbs
added 170 lbs
car weight 2524
2524 wet with a cage is insane! Anywhere left to pull from?
Ive still got a few little things and i may go to a full tubular front susp.